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In the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. Michael lane she lived a very courageous life. She was very bold in the things she did. Craig melvin but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. Steve lungen we knew she did not die in that fire. She died before the fire. Who do you look to as the suspect . Obviously, the spouse is the first person you look to. Craig melvin but her husband had a clear alibi, and he passed a lie detector test. Eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward with a tale of Love And Lust gone wrong. But could she be believed ....

it felt like "law & order". >> the fire broke out before dawn. in the daylight, they found this mother of two young children dead. >> she lived a very courageous life. she was very bold in the things she did. >> but after the smoke cleared, a mystery lingered. >> we knew she did not die in that fire, she died before the fire. >> who do you look to as the suspect? >> obviously the spouse is the first person you look to. >> but her husband had a clear alibi and he passed a lie detector test. eventually, the case grew cold until this witness came forward. with a tale of love and lust go...

>> call was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but michel, who knew about the murder plan from the beginning, walked away a free woman. >> a lot of people will be angry and think, this woman knew about a murder that was going to happen and didn't do anything. is it a perfect world, no. will she get hers? yes. when she dies. >> as for cat, she will continue to stand by paul. the couple married in 2018. the future for the children will be decided by the people who love them most, paul and catherine's families. we will work to get for those kids what catherine wanted f...

Asking questions. choosing instead to accept they might never know what really happened to her. >> to take catherine's perspective, she would look for the positive side, the good things. and she would want us to move on. and that's what we try to do. we made our peace with it. and we went on living. >> but as time went by, in the last little town of narrowsburg, dark suspicions were whispered from neighbor to neighbor. and one name kept coming up, catherine's estranged husband paul novak. her close friend, sue muller. >> i was angry as time went on, and as i thought more and more about it, and...

>> yes. we had a fire and we had a death. the question of how the two of those items were going to come together would not play out for a couple days later and actually years later. >> reporter: the police, as they often do, began by interviewing catherine's soon to be ex-husband paul novak. >> what happened in the interview as far as the way they treated you, the questions -- >> they were nice. they asked about catherine's last known whereabouts, if she had any boyfriends, who may have been in the house, any utilities in the house that may have had a problem, anything like that. >> reporter: ...